When I swapped form Mage to war in a pinch due to a MT going MIA I was LOST! There was debuffs, cd's both of and deff to rememebr etc etc. i was basically a lost puppy trying to find his way home and the one thing that helped me out with all the cd management and making sure I was doing the proper rotation was setting up Raven.

to this day my UI is composed of 3 custom bars that save me all teh time 1) Deff CD's up 2) priority system rotation bar 3) Offensive CD bar.

As you can see here even for some one totaly new to the class / spec you would be able to see what you had to cast next and all you woudl need to learn is the key binds :

Honestly as a RL I really wouldnt want a raider who can't keep track of a 1 min cd. It isnt the community's problem that people look for a add-on instead of learning their class and how to play.

That's fine, as an RL you have every right to make that decision. No it's not the communities problem, his problem will be resolved from self-awareness and practice. However, admitting your fault and asking for suggestions shouldn't warrant "you're a shitty player, why even try". I would also think as a RL you would encourage the use of addons since they make things easier to track, and theoretically that equals better DPS output, healing etc.

I remember that thread, the maths on it was fundamentally wrong, if you truely are bad at managing the invocation buff then it might be an option, but just do what myself and many others and have an addon to show hen the buff isnt up. Personally I use weak auras, when the buff is about to fall off I get a big icon near the middle of my screen to countdown its duration and it wont go away until I refresh it.

what was fundamentally wrong about that math?

Currently only reading the Funny Pictures Megathread because the rest of the forums is filled with piss, whiners and pissed whiners.

reread it please, I'm talking about taking Incanters' Ward talent and NEVER USING IT, JUST RELY ON THE PASSIVE.

that thread I linked showed that if you don't use invocation or RoP for nearly the entire time, it's worse than just using the passive.

I used to be like you. I was never good at buff management. In fact, I also have a ret pally alt that I never play because I am just too bad at keeping that buff up. At the start of 5.2 I still was using IW because 1) I felt I benefitted more from the passive and 2) I could anticipate when I could use the shield to gain the buff from that.

However, about half way between 5.2 and 5.3 I decided to try Invocation. It took a little getting used to, but once I did it changed my life (or at least my damage dealing). It takes a little getting used to ofc, but just keep in mind that it is a 1 minute buff so about every 55 seconds or so you need to Evocate. Or just every once in a while glance up at your buffs to check its timer and go from there. Do whatever you need to in order to get comfortable keeping Invocation up. It makes a huge difference.

Weakauras - use that and if your like me and tend to tunnel in with your eyeballs, do like I did and have that aura make a loud noise. I picked the Moan that sounds like a woman in the throes of an orgasm. Even after 2 months of using that, I still get a laugh from hearing that aura go off.